---
name: "David Arnott"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-arnott"
fi1m_id: "david-arnott"
imdb_id: "nm0036714"
tmdb_id: 57910
wikidata_id: "Q2503149"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1963"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T23:23:01.813471+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# David Arnott

## Identity

David Arnott

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-arnott
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-arnott
- **IMDb ID:** nm0036714
- **TMDB ID:** 57910
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2503149
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Arnott, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2503149, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0036714/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57910

Writer. Born 1 January 1963 in California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1963, California, USA
- **Active:** 1993–2016
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 acting, 1 writing
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 62 (1), 2010s 69 (2)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Arnott, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2503149, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0036714/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57910

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Last Action Hero*](https://film.one/film/last-action-hero.md) (62)

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## Biography

David Arnott is an American actor and screenwriter. He was born in 1963 in California.

Arnott co-wrote the screenplay for *Last Action Hero* (1993) with Shane Black. He also received screenplay and story credit on *The Adventures of Ford Fairlane* (1990). He has appeared in acting roles including *The Last Man* (2002) and provided additional voices for animated films such as *Finding Dory* (2016) and *Sing* (2016).

He is a member of the "Pad O' Guys" screenwriting group and appeared in the 1992 television film *Christmas in Connecticut*, directed by Arnold Schwarzenegger.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, themoviedb.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (2)

- *Finding Dory* (2016), Fi1m 68, as Additional Voices (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/finding-dory.md)
- *Sing* (2016), Fi1m 70, as Additional Voices (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/sing.md)

### Wrote (1) — the average rests on these

- *Last Action Hero* (1993), Fi1m 62, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/last-action-hero.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Wish Dragon* (2021), as Additional Voices (voice)
- *Sing* (2016), as Additional Voices (voice) — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/sing.md)
- *Finding Dory* (2016), as Additional Voices (voice) — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/finding-dory.md)
- *Good Luck Charlie* (2010), series, as Mitch
- *Imagine That* (2002), series, as Dr. Testosterone
- *Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within* (2001), as Additional Voices (voice)
- *The Last Man* (2000), as Alan
- *The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues* (1999), as Clifford
- *The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper* (1996), series, Lyricist, Music, Writer
- *Pig Sty* (1995), series, as Cal Evans
- *ER* (1994), series, as Clivus — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *Little Big League* (1994), as Little League Manager
- *The Second Half* (1993), series, as Ed
- *Last Action Hero* (1993), Screenplay — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/last-action-hero.md)
- *Christmas in Connecticut* (1992), as Crazed Director
- *Mad About You* (1992), series, as Lester
- *The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles* (1992), series, as Clifford
- *Timebomb* (1991), as Stan
- *The Adventures of Ford Fairlane* (1990), as Club Guy · Screenplay, Story
- *Shannon's Deal* (1990), series, Actor
- *Three Fugitives* (1989), as Bank Teller
- *Freddy's Nightmares* (1988), series, as Michael Bowman
- *Portrait of a White Marriage* (1988), as Staffer #1
- *Day by Day* (1988), series, as Fantasy David Gannon
- *Amazing Stories* (1985), series, as umpire
- *The Facts of Life* (1979), series, Actor

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay 1991: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay (won), for *The Adventures of Ford Fairlane*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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